Reddit user maps states' best-selling musical acts

Feb. 21, 2014

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Joe Lawler

Singer Andy Williams performs under red stage lights at Royal Albert Hall in London during his tour of the United Kingdom in July 2002. / Getty Images

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Who is the best-selling musical act from Iowa? Slipknot, right? Guess again.

A Reddit user known as Ooosh-E took the Recording Industry Association of Americaís list of the top 250 selling artists of all time and put together a map showing the best-selling artist in each state.

A lot of of those acts were from the same states, so if you didnít sell more records than Metallica you were out of luck in California. Same for Bruce Springsteen in Jersey (sorry, Bon Jovi) or Billy Joel in New York.

Who won for Iowa? Wall Lake-born Andy Williams, who sold 10.5 million units. He released 42 albums during his 64-year career. Thatís 10 times the number of releases Slipknot has had to date.